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Maveron hires David Wu as venture partner

Maveron, a consumer-only venture capital firm with offices in Seattle and San Francisco, has hired David Wu as a venture partner in its San Francisco office. Wu will join Maveron’s San Francisco office to help identify emerging consumer internet companies with the potential to become global leaders. “Maveron’s mission has

Bill Bradley joins Waller Capital Partners from Credit Suisse

Waller Capital Partners, a New York-based investment bank and advisory firm focused on the telecommunications, media and technology sectors, has appointed William L. Bradley as a managing director. Bradley will lead Waller’s efforts with data centre, managed hosting and cloud computing clients, and will also support the firm’s telecom infrastructure

Sandoz completes acquisition of Fougera Pharmaceuticals

Sandoz has completed its USD1.525bn acquisition of specialty US dermatology company Fougera Pharmaceuticals on a cash and debt free basis. Fougera had net sales of USD 429m in 2011 in the US alone and, combined with Sandoz’s existing generic dermatology franchise, this positions Sandoz as the number one in generic

Talal Al Zain, chief executive of PineBridge Investments Middle East

PineBridge Investments to establish MENA headquarters in Bahrain

PineBridge Investments, a multi-asset class investment manager, has selected Bahrain as the location for its Middle East and North Africa headquarters.  PineBridge is an independent asset manager with over USD67bn of assets under management for institutional and individual clients across a platform of listed equity, fixed income and private equity

Baker & McKenzie advises A Capital on PIPE transaction

Law firm Baker & McKenzie has advised Europe-China growth capital private equity fund A Capital on one of the first major private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions by a Chinese investor teaming up with a private equity fund to invest in a European-listed company. A Capital and co-investor Sparkle

Carey Olsen advises German private equity fund on EUR230m fundraising

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has advised German private equity firm ECM Equity Capital Management on the launch of its new fund, German Equity Partners IV. The fund raised a total of EUR230m in its final closing this month exceeding its EUR200m target. The fund used a structure that provided

Inflexion appoints Swann as partner

Inflexion Private Equity has promoted Richard Swann from investment director to partner. Swann joined the investment team in 2008 and has led Inflexion’s investments in Rhead Group, Phlexglobal, National Accident Helpline and FDM Group. He holds seats on all their boards. John Hartz, managing partner at Inflexion, says: “We are

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners acquires Mander Portman Woodward

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners, a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, has partnered with management to complete the acquisition of Mander Portman Woodward from Apollo Global, a subsidiary of Apollo Group.  Based in London, MPW represents LLCP’s first platform investment in Europe. MPW is a provider of private education for students

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